Mahmood Pradhan

Mahmood Pradhan is a Non-Resident Fellow at Bruegel. His areas of interest are macroeconomic and monetary policy, and financial markets.

His research focuses on monetary policy and financial conditions in advanced economies, the international transmission of financial shocks, and financial market integration in Europe, including the Savings and Investment Union.

Mahmood was previously the Global Head of Macro and Strategy at Amundi Asset Management. Prior to that he was Deputy Director of the European Department at the IMF (2011-20) heading the IMF’s bilateral relations with the Euro Area and the EU. And earlier Mahmood was the IMF’s mission chief for Japan and oversaw the Fund’s engagement with South East Asia, and as Assistant Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department during the Global Financial Crisis. 

Mahmood also spent 9 years in the asset management industry as an Emerging Markets Strategist with Tudor Investment Corporation, Bluecrest Capital Management, and as an Emerging Market portfolio manager at Wadhwani Asset Management. Earlier in his career, he worked at the Bank of England on monetary policy and financial markets. Mahmood holds an M.Phil. in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Disclosure of interests

Declaration of interests 2026